Unfit for Society Recs

Zombieland

Not If, Only or Even, But Always by Laliandra
Wichita wrote a list for him, because the whole concept was stupid and passive and that’s just not her. Anyway, Columbus likes lists. She writes a list of all the things she’s going to tell Columbus, and the only reason she won’t is because she might run out of time. The secrets she wants to keep from him, well, she’s taking those to the grave and hopefully not beyond. I really enjoyed this look at Columbus and Wichita's relationship after the movie.

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World War Z

George Town, Grand Cayman by Lyrstzha
We wanted to warn people, but we didn’t want to get taken back to Perryville—or worse, back to the lab. We figured Scott might even just send hit men after us or something. Who’d’ve listened to us? So we stayed together and kept a low profile, just in case anyone was looking. I even started praying of an evening, though I still don’t know as I think anybody’s listening. Any port in a storm, though, right? I guess when times are bad, at heart we’re all just on our knees in a gravel road, hoping that light in the sky ain’t just an oil fire. Reads like it could have been part of the book. Really well-characterized and the ending surprised me.

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Calvin & Hobbes

Spaceman Spiff and the Alien Conspiracy by Froggimus_Rex
Ahahahahaha! This is awesome! Is it wrong that now I want the crossover where Calvin meets Milagro Reyes?

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The Mummy

Take That, Bembridge Scholars! by seren_ccd
"My point is, we almost got killed and your next move is to write a strongly worded letter?"

"Of course," Evelyn said planting her hands on her hips, not the most graceful of moves when one was currently sitting on the sand next to a fire. "How else will the Bembridge Scholars realize that they have areas which require significant improvement?" Absolutely note-perfect coda to the first movie, with a great Evie voice and a really clear vision of her relationship with Rick - how much he loves her and why, and why she reciprocates. ♥

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Aladdin

The Hunt for Man-Yu-El by cimorene
I really liked this repositioning of Agrabah as a world of the future, where magic has replaced technology, and no one's quite sure how it works, but Jasmine is on the case and will figure out what needs to be done. Highly enjoyable.

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Gentleman Bastards Series

The Best Laid Plans by Laura
This story is basically everything good that fanfic is: a caper where Jean and Locke pretend to be married, and then have the realization that they're in love with each other, featuring snappy banter, hot sex and insults as endearments. *beams* It wasn't written for me, but it could have been. The perfect happy coda to Red Seas that we will never get in canon. ♥♥♥

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